>> rallies on the streets of cairo one year after president morsi takes office. regrouping across cairo. president barack obama arriving in cape town about to visit nelson mandela's prison. we have that coming up. more sparring accusations against the united states. this time the target is reportedly an outlet of the

european union. bracing for more protests in brazil. the federation cup is just hours away. too many jellyfish. perhaps it is time to eat them. egypt whereng in demonstrations are taking place to mark the president's first anniversary since he took office. there are crowds voicing anger and support for mohamed morsi. demonstrators in tahrir square are calling for the president to resign. some of those we see say they will be marching to the presidential palace later on sunday where security is already tight. the district of the capital, his supporters are staging a sit-in. they say it is in defense of the president.

our correspondents are following developments across the egyptian capital. across swelling with in the last hour. their intention is what? lebron says they want to the removal of president mohamed morsi. rebellion started this. they want the president to leave. the government-- is made up of technocrats. >> is there any chance you could get closer to the microphone? you are getting drowned out by the crowd. we would like to be able to hear more clearly what you are saying. what understand some of them will be moving to the area outside the president's palace. what kind of security is down there?

>> there is very tight security by the military. the military has said it wants to protect government institutions and buildings such as the presidential palace, parliamentary buildings, state television. egypt to not allow descend into chaos. the military is on the street. they have been keeping away from the tahrir square area. they have also said they want to protect the demonstrators. security presence across cairo and other parts of egypt. we no demonstrations are taking place across the country. there is a need to protect places like the suez canal. >> let's go to the area packed with president morsi's supporters. what can you tell us? >> there are tens of thousands of morsi supporters here.

they did start coming on friday. the people behind me continue to chant in support of their president. they say is a red line and no one should cross. i will step out of the frame so the camera can give you an idea. you will see there are four main entrances to the square. supporters gathered in each of the entrances. the group is mainly comprised of supporters of the muslim brotherhood and other religious groups and parties. there are some national andist movements and labor unions. the people come here the main achievement has been taking power away from the military that has governed egypt for a decade and giving it to a

democratically elected civilian president, that person being mohamed morsi. they say they do not want to see that reversed in any way. >> the crime rate is up. inflation is up. the reserves are falling. initially, people are worse off than they were 12 months ago. are you saying those on his side is no longerarak there rather than happy that morsi is making a real change? diehard are don horn supporters who say he is the best thing to come to egypt in a decade. mohamed morsi acknowledged a few days ago he has made mistakes. they blame remnants of the old regime, foreign interference, the fact that mubarak did not leave the country in the best shape. they say there needs to be some

sort of patience. they say if you are going to ,hange a leader every year there will never be advancement and egypt will continue to be crippled economically, socially, and from a security perspective. when you talk about the political discourse, there is not really a middle ground. there is not an alternative. the supporters are saying the opposition has not given a political alternative. that is why they are confident they are backing the right man. from cairo. the u.s. president is in cape town on his visit to south africa. he is due to travel to the island where nelson mandela was imprisoned for 18 years during apartheid. u.s. president will meet the archbishop before delivering a

speech on african policy and investment in cape town. saw the president land. do we know if he is already on the island being shown around by one of the former prisoners? >> i do not think he is there yet, but he is certainly on his way. he will be shown around by one of the former residence who is a good friend of the ailing nelson mandela. he was also sentenced to life imprisonment and spent 18 years of his life on the island, the same amount of time as nelson mandela. theill be able to give obamas firsthand insight into the experience of what it was like to lose years to hard labor and what was like to fight for simple things like better food, clothing, what it was like

to only be able to write one letter every six months to your family. it will be a poignant moment when the obama family stands in the cell where nelson mandela slept for 18 years. it is not even big enough to lie down in. >> he will meet with desmond tutu and then give a speech on policy. presumably these have been scheduled for a long time. given the state of nelson mandela, there is an extra poignancy to them before obama gets ready to leave. >> absolutely. president obama has taken every opportunity to pay homage to the legacy of nelson mandela describing him as one of his personal heroes. he pointed out he is a personal hero for millions around the world. he will be with another are conic veteran of the anti- apartheid movement for part of the afternoon and then coming to

the university behind me to deliver a speech. it has been a theme of his to reach out and speak to young people. he will talk about a range of trading andding investment. that is where we have seen a lot of interest from in people. they want to know how involved america will be in developing and investing in africa, not only south africa. across the continent, we have a problem with youth unemployment. about 50% of people between 18 and 24 are out of work. .> thank you which is next to a busy road in cape town. terrible news out of you gonna. it seems a number of people were trying to siphon petrol from a tank that overturned have been killed when the fuel on board exploded. 29 people have lost their lives on the outskirts of the capital.

most of them were passenger motorcyclists. it looked like a stock to try makeshiftsome sort of fuel container and then the gas tanker went up in flames. 29 people dead. this was after the tanker overturned after hitting a car. leaders are reacting strongly on sunday to reports u.s. intelligence agencies have been spying on offices and computer systems at the european parliament. the information has come from edward snowden who is now on the run. correspondent is joining us live from london. the reaction is coming thick and fast. >> there has been furious reaction in europe to the story

to bring our viewers up to speed with a story, it is coming in the german weekly news magazine which claims to have seen a document dated september of 2010 from the american national security agency, the nsa. they say they got ahold of part of the document links to edward snowden. according to the document, they are reporting the nsa targeted the u.s. offices in washington -- the e.u. offices in washington and new york and maybe even targeted e you buildings in brussels. it involved in planting of microphones and the infiltration of the computer network in each of the offices so the nsa could gain access to e-mails and other conversations inside. among theut the cat pigeons diplomatically. the e.u. and america are

supposedly allies, at least on the surface. let's look at the reaction from europe today. the german justice minister has immediately and extensively explained by the american side weather reports are accurate -- whether the media reports are accurate or not. the president of the european parliament said he is deeply worried and shocked about the allegations of u.s. authorities spying on e.u. officers. he said if the allegations prove to be true, it would be a very serious matter which will have a severe impact on e.u.-u.s. relations. the luxembourg foreign minister said the u.s. would do better to monitor its intelligence services instead of its allies. it seems in the world of international espionage, because

of the allies and enemies is nonexistent. there are just us, them, and targets. >> we will have plenty more to come later on. i am sure about that. details emerging out of your. we will have a great deal more on the program including bad news for the brazilian president seeing her popularity plummet. we have this. >> i am in spain. i will be looking at why fishing left the military in -- the withoutanean sea predators and a lot of jellyfish. >> you are watching al jazeera. these are the top stories this hour. thousands of demonstrators in tahrir square calling for president mohamed morsi to resign. a year to the day after he took office.

the west, his supporters are staging what they say will be a sit-in in defense of the president. the army is on the street backing the police in major cities across egypt. you got the police say least 29 have been killed after a car crashed into a fuel tanker. more than 20 are said to be critically injured in hospital. the u.s. has been accused of spying on the european union by bugging its offices and internal computer systems. the german magazine published report saying documents written based on documents list by edward snowden. things have changed since mohamed morsi took office in egypt. the interior ministry says the murder rate has increased by 130% in 12 months. kidnappings up by 145%. robberies have more than tripled. about 1/4 of young people are

out of work. 50% meaning 40o million people currently live on less than $2 a day. a communications adviser for the egyptian president is joining us live from cairo. there is my list of things that have gotten worse since president morsi came to power. what is your list of things that have gotten better? >> in the first year in office we have been confronting a number of challenges. we have succeeded in some sectors. we have been struggling with other sectors. despite the deeply entrenched corruption we have been fighting across different government sectors and despite of instability and thousands protests and demonstrations staged in the first year, the economy has maintained a broad level of 2.4% in the gdp.

tourism has returned to pre- revolution levels. investments have increased. on the other hand, we've also faced a number of challenges like the ones you have shown. we have achieved success is in including one that was a key demand of the revolution. it has improved to an extent. >> we are looking at pictures right now of tahrir square. i will let you have a listen to the volume for a few seconds. loud crowd noises] >> these people are not exactly showering love and affection on president morsi. >> the right of people to

protest peacefully and express themselves is one of the gains of the january 25 revolution. protests inhere are tahrir square and others. there are also protests of millions in other squares. people from different sides are expressing themselves peacefully. this is something we support and encourage. >> if these people decide to march on the presidential palace to show their feelings, they will not be stopped because they have a democratic right to protest? >> people have a right to peacefully protest within the bounds of law law. the security agencies will andly confront any violence any deviation from the accepted democratic way of peacefully protesting. for talking on behalf of the egyptian presidency live from cairo.

syrian troops have stepped up their assault on the city of homs. activists say it is the worst campaign ever on the rebel-held parts of the city. are theve been gains forces loyal to president assad in recent weeks. child is carried from the building his family were sheltering in. in and asks who is left. -- a man asks who is left. the government offensive on the intensified.has al jazeera cannot verify these pictures but the tally with reports of the activists in the city. cell phone lines were reportedly cut on saturday before it began pounding rebel-held areas. neighborhoods where civilians shelter has a contract in their homes.

>> there have been air strikes. . the military is building on the victory earlier this month in the city close to the lebanese border. links two areas that are important to the regime, the capital of damascus and an area along the military and coast. it is home to around 1 million people. it is the country's third largest city and was one of the first to support the revolution. took government forces control of the name of last year, president assad whatever the streets as a show of how vital government control is for the syrian regime. some areas of the city have been under siege by the army for more than a year. >> we're reaching a critical stage inside homs. if there is no movement from i think the condition

will get worse than ever. >> the offensive has provoked the opposition national coalition to call for freeze syrian army reinforcements to join the fight for homs. syrian army says it has had great request in killing what it describes as terrorists. the u.s. secretary of state john kerry says he is struggling to restart the middle east peace process. there has been no breakthrough yet but progress has been made. john kerry has been shuttling between meetings with leaders of both sides over the last few days. at the airport in tel aviv giving a few details of what to be no progress so far. we will let you know if he says anything substantive to. benjamin netanyahu said he is ready for talks to will not be

healed in to palestinian demands. at least 16 have been killed in an attack on a security convoy in northwest pakistan. it was near a busy market. at least two children are among those known to have died. it is not yet known who was behind the attack. minister hasrime met his pakistani opposite a day after mr. curtin -- tim brant had talks with the president of pakistan in islamabad. he spoke of the links between pakistan and afghanistan. welcome him and what he said about the vital importance of the relationship between us. i profoundly believe in stable -- a stable prosperous afghanistan is in pakistan just pakistan is inic

afghanistan's interest. i hope you and president karzai will work together toward those ends. says 3white house million lives could be saved if doctors follow the new vice on aids. offera once doctors to the aids drugs or ". to those diagnosed with hiv while the immune systems are stronger f. the games will be played just a few hours from now. defending champions brazil will take on spain after the spanish side beat italy on penalties. protests have been sweeping against therazilia spending on the football world. they are mounting their biggest security operation ever during a football match. police forces frantically trying to break up protesters on the streets of rio.

it was the scene two weeks ago outside the stadium before the first confederation cup match in the city. then, the civil unrest in brazil has grown in size and strength. it is expected to reach a to pinpoint on sunday with the final match of the tournament between brazil and spain. around 77,000 spectators are expected at the game with potentially tens of thousands of protesters outside while the police will be left trying to enforce what is called a safety bubble from the stadium. there will be 6000 police responsible for security of the match on sunday. that is just local police. if you add in the federal agents, there will be 11,000. it is going to be the biggest security operation ever attempted for a football match in the city of rio. as a result of the protests, the number of police deployed on sunday is six times more than

the first match two weeks ago. the overwhelming majority of the millions who are taken to the streets in recent weeks have been so peacefully. there have been incidents of violence, something police say they will not tolerate. >> at the end of some of the protests there has been violent behavior by some groups. we had vandalizing of the city center that damaged banks and monuments. the police will promote order at all costs. >> the protesters point to what they say is over-aggressive tactics by police to break a peaceful demonstrations. dozens have been injured with over 50 journalists allegedly targeted by riot police were covering the protests. includes the vast majority of local people. city leaders have used the event for justification of the misuse of public money. now there is a change of roles with people using the cup as a

way to show the dissatisfaction that has been brewing for a long time. >> everyone is hoping for a peaceful final. the police say they have bought extra teargassed just in case there might be more action outside the stadium them on the field. jazeera in rio de janeiro. >> there has been overfishing in the mediterranean sea. there are more jellyfish than ever before. the suggestion is they could end up on your plate rather than the more traditional denizens of the day. we went to investigate. it is an idea many people may find hard to swallow. >> they have been swimming gracefully through the seas for millions of years. thew scientific report says jellyfish population is now ballooning out of control. off the coast of spain, this team of researchers is looking for evidence of overfishing has taken away their natural

enemies. this researcher says in the absence of predators, jellyfish also feed on the fish larva making it even more difficult for the fish population to recover. " we have seen an increase in species diversity. new species appear every year in our area. seempecies that are local to be increasing year by year. there are many jellyfish. say one way to reduce the population is to make them more appealing to fishermen. they could be used in medical ofearch, in the development cosmetics, or eaten as a delicacy. experts say in the report if you cannot beat them, eat them. despite reassurances but experts on the value of jellyfish, fishermen in this small spanish

fort do not have an appetite for it. >> fishing for jellyfish, i do not think it is a good idea. they sting. i have never eaten them but i imagine they do not taste mice. >> if a kutcher eyes, you have to go straight to the doctor because the pain is unbearable. this problem only started three years ago before that, there were no jellyfish here. now you get some which are huge. >> research on the impact of overfishing and boosting numbers of jellyfish continues. scientists say in order to get a clearer picture, more scientific evidence will have to come to the surface.

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